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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1972
Page
9
Readers discuss how society handles mentally retarded individuals, the value of special education and sheltered work, and a wife’s concern over her husband’s porn collection. Other letters request matchmaking help for a teen with sexual questions, which Ann declines.
A horoscope column outlines Aries to Pisces outlooks with guidance on plans, trends, cooperation, and personal traits. The piece notes a Leo blessing day and Capricorn gains, and ends by naming Robert Southey as a birthdate reference.
A reader explains simple home recycling for aluminum items using a labeled bin near the kitchen door and a separate trash bin for disposal. When the bin fills, they drive to the local deposit station, contributing to ecology.
A homeowner describes blocking cold air returns to stop bats from entering the house and notes peace of mind when alone at night. A separate tip recommends adding flavored gelatin powder to milk to alter taste, with variations by preference and gelatin strength.
A feature on seeds as flavoring and health aids highlights caraway fenugreek cumin coriander and pumpkin sunflower and sesame seeds. It notes uses in cooking remedies in various regions and offers a sesame liver recipe and pumpkin wheels with cinnamon and molasses.
Declarer faces North’s club lead in Six Notrump. Win the club, cash A and then lead Q hearts. If Q falls to K, twelve tricks. If not, continue with A-10 hearts and Q-K diamonds, then jack hearts and discard nine diamonds to unblock diamonds for twelve tricks. If queen of hearts is refused, play ten hearts and, if covered, still reach twelve tricks. If ten is refused, lead queen of spades and attempt to unblock diamonds again.
The text outlines a bridge scenario where discarding one card on the jack of spades secures the contract. It notes not to unblock diamonds if queen of spades is left, and you score 12 tricks: two spades three hearts four diamonds and three clubs. Avoid cashing the ace of hearts first to force out the king.
Across clues include Indian unit of weight eight secure betting beverage and warp of Latin poet. Insects cloaks laths blanching and reveals. Addresses protect. Health resorts enclosed retired small carriage components ripped classify contest kind festival menagerie likely.
This day in history notes events from 1954 ending the Indochina conflict with a peace announcement between France and Vietnam and other milestones including the first Atlantic cable break in 1857, Victor Emmanuel II becoming king in 1900, Hoover's 1928 nomination, 1935 anti Jewish demonstrations, 1945 Allied acceptance of Japan’s surrender terms, Watts riots in 1965, a 1965 cosmonaut launch, and leadership shifts such as Lindsay switching parties. Birthdays listed include IW Abel Allegra Kent Lloyd Nolan.
The Ohio Welfare Department demands 18 nursing homes license their administrators or face closure. The agency notes a prior figure of 48 at risk, citing a revised count, under a 1970 federal law requiring licensed administrators to participate in Medicaid-funded care.
Gov. John J. Gilligan appoints 62 year old William T. Amos editor of the Sidney Daily News to the board of trustees of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans Home. Term begins August 10 for five years.
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